tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035152580607078963.post2726431598089921206..comments2024-03-03T18:59:20.527+13:00Comments on Yardy Yardy Yardy: The REAL New Zealand DayWriter Of The Purple Sagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08935896975834415060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035152580607078963.post-31175732366681897652011-04-28T07:25:21.568+12:002011-04-28T07:25:21.568+12:00Ah, yes, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th...Ah, yes, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month...still marked in Britain, I believe. <br />If Waitangi is left as it is, then the only way for it to become a true CELEBRATION of all things NZ is to somehow stop the aggression over the treaty. <br />Should we do what the govt did a few years ago, and move the commemorations AWAY from that contentious northern property? If maori are just bitching at empty space, if TV doesn't give them publicity, won't they soon shut up? <br />NZ needs to move forward, not be shackled by the constant demands of those who live in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035152580607078963.post-12843418908358099452011-04-27T22:10:23.067+12:002011-04-27T22:10:23.067+12:00I don't feel all wonderfully patriotic about e...I don't feel all wonderfully patriotic about either Waitangi Day or Anzac Day. One is just the marking of the signing of the Treaty which (despite the warts shown by later history) was at least a start. Anzac Day is an Australasian day as much as anything else -- me, I prefer Remembrance Day, 11 November, when the war ended, but we've fairly well cast that to the shadows in this country. The Aussies have their issues over Australia Day, but there's no serious talk there of shifting things around. I'm all for leaving things be. Apart from making Waitangi Day and Anzac Day proper, transferable public holidays, which neither is at present.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.com